Unit PREVENTION AND SAFETY 1
- Course
- Environment and workplace prevention techniques
- Study-unit Code
- 50998404
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- CFU
- 4
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2017
- Offered
- 2019/20
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHICAL PHYSICS
Code | GP003884 |
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CFU | 2 |
Teacher | Emanuele Bonamente |
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Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
Area | Scienze della prevenzione nell'ambiente e nei luoghi di lavoro |
Academic discipline | ING-IND/11 |
Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
PHYSIOLOGY OF WORK
Code | 50590902 |
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CFU | 2 |
Teacher | Marco Dell'omo |
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Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
Area | Scienze della prevenzione nell'ambiente e nei luoghi di lavoro |
Academic discipline | MED/44 |
Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
Language of instruction | Italian |
Contents | Occupational diseases due to physical risk factors: noise, vibrations, biomechanical overload of upper arms and trunk. Occupational and environmental diseases of respiratory and peripheral nervous system pulmonary Tobacco smoke in the workplace |
Reference texts | L. Alessio, G. Franco, F. Tomei. Trattato di medicina del lavoro. Piccin Ed., Padova, 2015 |
Educational objectives | The learning outcomes are compliant with the provisions of the Degree Programme Regulations as published on the website: http: //www.med.unipg.it/ccl The main knowledge that students will acquire include the: - pathophysiological and clinical aspects of occupational diseases cause by noise, vibration and biomechanical overload; - pathophysiological and clinical aspects of respiratory and peripheral nervosus system occupational diseases; - epidemiology, effects on health, treatment and prevention of tobacco smoke in the workplace |
Prerequisites | In order to be able to learn and apply in practice the principles of occupational medicine, it is useful that the student: - has passed the examinations of physiology and pathology. |
Teaching methods | The course will include lectures on all topics of the program. |
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Learning verification modality | The exam will mainly concern on the issues of occupational medicine that were covered during the formal lectures The exam will consist of one written test (open and closed answers) |
Extended program | Diseases caused by physical agents (eg, noise, vibrations, biomechanical overload of the upper limb and trunk).Occupational lung diseases. Chronic obstructive lung disease caused by dusts, gases, vapors, and fumes. Work-related asthma. Hypersensitivity pneumonia. Silicosis and asbestosis. Epidemiology, effects on health, treatment and prevention of tobacco smoke in the workplace |